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i dont know why, but all day i have been smelling paint, it may be related to one of the other strange things wrong with me, i have a fever, im dizzy, tired, cant concentrate, and i found a bit on my the day i started feeling ill, now i keep on smelling paint and i have been for a shower so i dont have any one me, any ideas?

Did you smell a lot of paint recently. I find that if I smell something, my nose becomes reminded of the smell and I can detect that component in other smells for days afterwards.

Bet you walked through some wet paint at some point earlier. It's still drying so you can still smell it.

Either that, or you think you can smell paint, when actually it's cheese.

its deffenitly not cheese, i was in a room earlier with strong paint smell in it though

Are you SURE it wasn't just a strong cheese smell?

Have you got paint stuck up your nose?

If - you should go and see your doctor. No really. What you are describing is called a'phantom smell'. It can be a symptom of migraines (don't I know it) but if you don't have a history of migraines, and your experiencing things like dizziness, then it's best to check with your doc that you haven't got anything that could be causing pressure in your skull and creating this sort of effect. I'm not a medical expert, so please don't take my word for it, but best be safe...

though that would probably explain why i have had about 20 people ask me if im stoned today, no i dont

i actually do have a sinis (sp?) problem, i had a catscan two years ago which showed they were all cloged up, could be, i might be going to the docter tommorow and see what he says, but their are some bad bugs going around

Can you get stoned on cheese?

Won't you get cheesed on cheese, and stoned on stones? yep, go see could be something, could (most likely) be nothing... But best for going to the esp as there are other symptons Some infections can give rise to such things as this, as far as I can remember; know how your sense of taste screws up when you've a cold/infection, same kind of thing I guess, as smell is a quinteresential part of taste, and visa versa but check it out for sure

Yes. But first I'd have to convince you that both the human senses of hearing and smell are capable of long distance communication which most 'normal' human beings refuse to consider possible. Discussion of such experiences is often seen like UFO encounters and will lead others to believe you are crazy and disrespect you.

Scientists have only recently been able to discern that Elephants have a range of vocalisations below human reception which can travel for miles. Perhaps in another century or so we will be open minded enough to allow that humans have similar sensory capacities.

The suppression of 'smell' as a functioning sense has been ongoing thru most of our civilisation process. Even it weren't repressed and effectively dormant in the conscious modern mind there is still the problem that it as individual as sight (in terms of colour recognition and colour blindness) and as selective as hearing when at some level we just 'don't wanna know'. Much of the world stinks after all.

But, you could for example be telling yourself that you are bored, that your daily routine of life is like watching paint dry.

Or the smell of paint could simply be an unconscious warning. You could be telling yourself that you are exposed to an unseen or unknown toxic agent such a 'lead' in the plumbing of your shower. Lead used to be a major constituent of paint and it's possible the words 'paint' and 'lead' are synonomous in your personalised olfactory dictionary.

A very grey area in a disputed field which will have as many individual interpretations as there are noses. Let me know if you are able to resolve anything.


~jwf~

Could you be pregnant??????

Have a read of the Migraine entry. A882876

Yes, pregnant, that's it! Pregnant people often smell paint, don't they?!

Well, not necessarily or exclusively paint, but sometimes strange things. And a metallic taste in the mouth.

Are you the Queen?
The Queen thinks the whole world smells of paint.

I thought it was because you were HM The Queen. I had got my Union Jack out and everything.

To test if you really are the queen, do you walk everywhere on red carpet and have a disfunctional family?

>It can be a symptom of migraines

When I have a migraine coming on I get a smell of cold in my nose - the same smell you get when you stick your head in a chest freezer to get that bag of peas out of the bottom. I also get pins-and-needles in my nose and cheeks which drives me crazy.

Are you sure you're not in a building that has had a few rooms painted today? Have you been walking around or have you been stuck in one place all day?

Liam.